1/15/1953

                                       EAST FAREWELL NEWS

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Thursday, January 15, 1953   Vol. C134

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LOCAL NEWS

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KEYSTONE RAILROAD ANNOUNCES IMPROVED LOCAL SERVICE

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East Farewell- The mighty Keystone railroad announced in a local meeting that they were going to increase local service and also add more freight service to the line.  Both local residents and the Iron Works happily agreed to the changes.  The changes in service had to be approved by the Town Council.  By adding service to the line the railroad hopes to increase local ridership and reduce or eliminate any effects that the new highway may have on business.  All the trains that run on the local line serve the towns of Sun City, Slate Mountain, Riverview, Southport and Fort Lee.  If town residents use the railroad to travel between the towns the railroad is trying to show that the highway and car travel is really an unneeded luxury.  “Traveling on the railroad saves time and the inconvenience of driving, parking and vehicle maintenance,” said Keystone Representative, Larry Smith. “We at Keystone feel that by offering more service locally we will be the hands down choice of the public to travel between the local spots.”

The Highway Commission had no comment on the announcement.  Projections for an expanded highway that runs basically parallel to the railroad are moving ahead as scheduled.  There has been great debate between the pro-railroad group and the pro-highway group as to the merits and detractions of each.  The pro-railroaders feel the service of the railroad is sufficient to serve the traveling and commuting needs of the community.  The pro-highway group maintains that the freedom of the open road will soon take over and the railroad will be limited to the existing rails and soon become obsolete.  Only time will tell which side will be right.  

Train pulls into East Farewell Station

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SPORTS

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COUGARS WIN IN RIVERVIEW

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Riverview- The Cougars basketball team won a close game against the Riverview Wildcats last week, 42-32.  This was an important win after their loss to Corning the week before.  Center, Bill Donahue and forwards, Billy O’Donnell and Gene Greene dominated the court showing a fast, passing offense and a very tight defense that stymied the Wildcats. The win puts the Cougars at 2-1 on the young season.  They are looking to improve on their 9-7 record from last year.

            “We really needed this win,” said Coach Wilson after the game, “Billy D completely dominated in the center, and the Wildcats just didn’t have an answer to him.  Billy O and Greeny were great feeding the ball in and he did the rest.  Our backcourt was great, too.”  Donahue ended up with a record 22 points with 10 rebounds.  Both O’Donnell and Greene ended up with six points each.  Guards Fitzgerald and Welch combined for the other eight points.  

          The Wildcats were led by forward Len Lewis with 10 points and seven rebounds.  “They were just a better team tonight,” Lewis said after the game.  “We just couldn’t stop the inside combination, I was able to take the lead but they would dump it off to one of the other guys and then score. What can you do there?”

            The next Cougars game is Wednesday against the Slate Mountain Canaries.  The game is at home at 4:30 in the gymnasium.

 

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 NATIONAL NEWS

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IKE TAKES OFFICE, HARRY SAYS GOODBYE

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Dwight D. Eisenhower becomes President of the United States with a prayer on his lips, and set for his new administration a goal of peace with honor. Part of the President’s Prayer -“Give us, we pray, the power to discern right from wrong and allow all our words and actions to be governed thereby and by the laws of this land.”

Richard Milhous Nixon becomes the nation’s 36TH Vice President of the United States.

It was the first coast-to-coast telecast of an inauguration and it is estimated 70 million watched on television. ABC, CBS, DuMont and NBC piped the telecast to 74 cities with 118 TV stations

Harry S. Truman starts home to Missouri after an emotion packed send-off marking the end of nearly eight years in the White House.  Old friends drop by to shake hands and bid Godspeed to Harry S. Truman at the White House.

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